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Modi Never Bought Enough COVID-19 Vaccines for India. Now the Whole World Is Paying Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is on a thankless mission. For the Indian external affairs minister, the official trip to the U.S. this week—the first by a senior Indian minister since President Joe Biden took office—is...

Number game: How India is using statistics to hide the truth about Covid The government is selectively using absolute numbers and percentages to obfuscate rather than illuminate. Jammi N Rao Whatever one may say about the health and family welfare ministry, it has certainly used the coronavirus...

'It's not a death, it's murder': how India's second Covid wave has hit mothers and babies The pandemic, on top of an already overstretched health system, has devastated maternity care By Catherine Davison Delhi 28 May 2021 • 11:47am At first, Chandan Vaishnav was not too worried about his wife...

Silicon Valley is in a high-stakes standoff with India The biggest names in tech are locked in an increasingly tense stand-off with India over strict new social media rules they fear will erode privacy, usher in mass surveillance and harm business in the world’s fastest growing market. This...

Coronavirus hits India's villages India’s cities are on the mend, but the deadly virus is coursing through the vast rural hinterland. By some estimates, over 60 per cent of the new cases are now surfacing in the villages. Poor testing levels, health infrastructure and rising instances of...

Rooted in mistrust? Covid-19’s march into rural India is a very different ball game Kashmir Times. Dated: 5/29/2021 12:39:19 AM By Sudhir Katiyar* As the Covid-19 virus penetrates rural India, the rural communities are responding very differently from their urban counterparts who rushed to the...

Why Deadly ‘Black Fungus’ Is Ravaging COVID Patients in India Standard treatments such as steroids, as well as illnesses such as diabetes, make the fungal infection worse Maryn McKennaMay 28, 2021 Doctor examines a patient with “black fungus,” a deadly infection, at a civil hospital in...

Kids In India Are Asking Heartbreaking COVID-19 Questions. Here's How To Answer Them Sushmita PathakMay 28, 202112:28 PM ET As India suffers through a devastating coronavirus surge, children are asking difficult questions. greenaperture/Getty Images Each week, we answer frequently asked...

Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variant May 29, 20211:00 AM EDT Vietnam health minister Nguyen Thanh Long said on Saturday the country has detected a new variant of the coronavirus, a mix of the Indian and UK COVID-19 variants that spreads quickly by air, online newspaper...

Indian Man Arrested for Posting Viral Video of Eating Deadly Snake to 'Protect Against COVID' By Sara Santora On 5/28/21 at 1:01 PM EDT A man in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district in India was arrested Thursday after posting a viral video that shows him eating a snake, according to India Today...

HCQ to Ivermectin: Why India has got it wrong in Covid-19 treatment There are drugs that continue to be on the health ministry's treatment protocol despite evidence not inspiring confidence, while the regulator is approving medicines without following due scientific process, experts say By Divya...

The poem that’s channelling India’s anger about the pandemic Salil Tripathi A 14-line Gujarati verse has highlighted India’s shocking response to Covid – and Narendra Modi’s growing unpopularity ‘India turned from being the “world’s pharmacy” into a recipient of charity, with massive shortages...

India has no vaccination strategy, third wave of Covid-19 likely “The problem is that there is no vaccination strategy. The Prime Minister doesn't think strategically. He is an event manager, he thinks one event at a time,” Rahul Gandhi said. Express Web Desk Claiming that Prime Minister...

India's Covid worsens one of world’s worst gender gaps Women in India suffered disproportionately because of the coronavirus outbreak last year and they are once again at the receiving end of the pandemic’s second wave, adding to the risks of economic recovery. From lower wages to job losses...

Yoga guru says COVID-19 is a Christian plot To promote their Ayurvedic products, the hugely popular Ramdev and his associate Balkrishna accuse conventional medicine of being used to convert their followers to Christianity. For Father Joseph, it is hard to believe that anyone could express such...

COVID-19 toll on Indian economy deepens: poll Respondents in Reuters survey say jobs crisis may worsen; on average see full-year growth at 9.8% Reuters India’s economic outlook has weakened again, albeit slightly, with worst-case scenario forecasts suggesting the toll from the COVID-19 pandemic...

View: As Covid crisis worsens, one wonders: Where is India’s Dr Fauci? Last fortnight, India lost two prominent Covid warriors. One to death — cardiologist and former president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr K K Aggarwal. The second to politics — former Kerala health minister K K...

Covid-19 pandemic hits India's drive to tackle an ancient disease AFP MUMBAI/LUCKNOW — Ms Sunita Kashyap used to get free treatment in her local health centre for the swelling in her right leg that has left her in pain and unable to work — the incurable result of a parasitic disease endemic in...

COVID-19 Toll On Economy Deepens, Job Crisis To Worsen: Report India GDP Data Forecast: The May 20-27 poll showed the outlook for the March quarter was lowered to 21.6 per cent annually, and to 9.8 per cent on average for this fiscal year Reuters Unemployment rate soared to a near one-year-high...

Social media was a lifeline for Indians as COVID-19 overwhelmed hospitals. But the government wants to censor it. Shubham Agarwal 22 hours ago India's second coronavirus wave has overwhelmed hospitals. But the government is focused on censoring discussion of its failures on social media. A new...